St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-10-29

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RULERS OF FRANCE, AUSTRIA AND SPAIN.
seven-cent stamp, printed in vermilion,
bears the portrait Of Edwin NJ. Stanton,
taken from photograph. The ten-cent
stamp, printed in two colOrs brown and
chocolate, gives fair portrait of Thomas
Jefferson, which was drawn from life
size statue made by Hiram Powers. On
the tWelve-cent stamp appears bust of
Henry Clay, taken from bust by Hart.
The head of Webster, printed in orange
ink, is to be found On the tifteen-cent
stamp, the profile being designed after the
Clevinger bust. General SCOTS portrait
on the UNEMPLOYMENT stamp is printed
in purple and was designed after a bust
by Coffee. The head of Hamilton,
printed in black on the thirty-cent stamp,
is after the Cerracht bust. The portrait
or bust of Commodore Oliver II. Perry,
printed in bright carmine on the ninety
cent stamp, is designed from Walcotts
statue.
The portrait of Queen Victoria is most
| familiar of those of foreign celebrity.
| For nearly half a century her profile has
existed upon postage stamps which are
to be found in almost every civilized
country in the world. The English post
age stamp, with its portrait of Queen
| Victoria, is in use wherever floats the
British flag The portraits found on these
stamps are poorly executed. The ma iority
of them were designed from a bust of the
! Queen made forty years ago. Probably
the most accurate portrait exists on the
Canada bill or revenue stamps. These
show the Queen as appearing in widows
weeds, and are really little works of art.
They were originally designed from
photograph taken by a London artist.
France, during the days Of the empire,
printed upon her postage stamps like
ness of Napoleon III taken from bust.
For many years there appeared upon the
stamps of Austria a portrait of Francis
Joseph |, the design being taken from a
bust by q native artist, with the head
surmounted by wreath. Upon the
more recently issued stamps of Spain
appears a portrait of Don Carlos,
reduced from a Madrid photograph
Before the time of the present ruler
the stamps bore a portrait of Queen Isa-
bella. This portrait was changed annu-
ally, owing to curious reason. Each
year during her reign Isabella changed
| her mind in the choice of a couture,
which obliged the government of Spain
to make an annual change in the appear
ance of the stamp. "Uncertain, coy and
hard to please" must have been charac-
teristic of Isabella, and sad the trials of
the hair-dresser.
Many of the stamps issued by the gov
eminent of Holland bear on their face a
portrait of William III, while those of
Belgium give the portrait of Leopold
II. The earlier issues appeared with a
profile of Leopold |. These portraits
are from busts executed by native ar
fists. The government of Chilli, in
South America, issue but few postage
stamps. Upon one of the stamps of this
country is the portrait of an unknown
celebrity who somewhat resembles Chris
topher Columbus. Over the portrait ap-
pears the word Colon. 1t has for MANY
years been question among those who
make stamps study whether the por-
trait was designed to be that of Column
us. Many persons have conjectured that
Colon, the name of the CHILEAN port,
was intended as a name for Columbus
The word Colon is the unlatinized name
of Columbus 1t is more probable that
the profile is that of some CHILEAN &C.
lebrity. There is no one more deserving
such perpetuation of his fame than
Pedro de Valdivia, who may almost be
considered the pioneer of civilization in
Chilli. He was one of the first settlers, an
emigrant from Peru, and with a small band
of followers conquered the native saw
ages. He made various laws and founded |
several cities. No other man of the
sixteenth century named in Chilian his
tory equals him, and it is his portrait
perhaps which has often been mistaken |
for that of Columbus
The original postage stamps of Mexico |
show a most excellent likeness of the |
famous priest, Hildalgo. The bust of the |
priest is inclosed in an oval, ornamented |
on the exterior with graceful scroll work. |
The Argentine Republic recently issued |
a new series of stamps of the value of 30, |
go and 80 centavos, adorned with por-
traits of General Carlos de Alrear on the
30-cent stamp, Don Gervasio Antonio de
Posadas on the 60-cent, and General Don
Cavelis Saaredra on the 90-cent stamp
The portraits of Queen Isabella on the
stamps of Guatemala are superior in de-
sign and execution to those formerly
used on the stamps of Spain.
The dependency of Montenegro on the
confines Of Turkey in Europe presents
few stamps, but upon one of these re-
Gently issued is to be
~ ~ oAA lsgS found crude effigy of
ENF-A.1V the Prince of Monte
a KAASk,7 negro. The design of
FIN ~ Viz the stamp is very simple,
LIN 80 VIII the head of the prince
II A~SN|a being encircled by
NJ SSNssS wreath of laurel branch
L22Z2sno A4@I es. The inscriptions on